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Two referred to prosecution for illegally brokering jobs for Vietnamese students

South Korea's immigration office referred two job agency officials to the prosecution on Wednesday, recommending their indictment for illegally brokering jobs for hundreds of Vietnamese students. The brokers, identified only as a 58-year-old Choi and a 59-year-old Chung, have been booked without detention for offering (Yonhap)262 Vietnamese studying here part-time jobs at 13 companies, including hypermarkets and logistics warehouses, between November 2016 and August 2018. They allegedly knew tha

[Weather] Wednesday to be mostly sunny with some rain

Clear skies are expected throughout South Korea on Wednesday except for areas on the east coast in Gangwon and North Gyeongsang provinces, which are likely to see rain.Gangwon Province is forecast to receive 30 to 80 millimeters of rain, and North Gyeongsang Province 20-60 mm. The National Institute of Environmental Research said the fine dust in the air will hit “bad” levels in the Gyeongsang provinces, while other regions will have good to moderate levels throughout the day. (Yonhap)Temperatur

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Bodies of deceased climbers arrive home from Nepal

YEONGJONGDO -- The bodies of five South Koreans who died while climbing a Himalayan mountain arrived home early Wednesday. The Korean Air KE696 flight landed at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at 5:07 a.m. The caskets were moved from the plane to a cargo terminal, where grief-stricken families had been waiting. (Yonhap)The five climbers led by renowned mountaineer Kim Chang-ho and four local guides were found dead Saturday near their base camp located at an altitude of 3,500 meter

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Man booked over dispute with noisy neighbors

A man in Incheon was booked without detention on Tuesday over allegations that he had damaged property by firing shots with an air rifle in the hallway of an apartment building. He fired the shots to retaliate against his “noisy” neighbors, according to police.The man is alleged to have fired some 20 shots late at night on the 20th floor of the building. (Yonhap)The police report said the accused man was stressed because of noise caused by his upstairs neighbors late at night. He told the police

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[Graphic News] 28.6% of households have only one member

　The number of single-person households continued to rise in South Korea last year.　According to data compiled by Statistics Korea, households consisting of a single member totaled 5.62 million in 2017, compared with 5.39 million the previous year. This accounted for 28.6 percent of all households in the country, up 0.7 percentage point from a year earlier.　The percentage of those living alone has been on a sharp rise for decades, hitting 20 percent in 2005 for the first time, compared to 4.8 pe

Oct 16, 2018
Social affairs
Ex-Hanssem worker denies rape charges at Seoul court

A former supervisor at the Hanssem furniture company who was indicted on charges of raping a new recruit last year denied the allegations Tuesday during a preliminary hearing at the Seoul Central District Court. The male defendant, surnamed Park, said he had had consensual sex with the woman but denied forcing her to have sex, according to court records. “The plaintiff did not refuse the sexual contact (at the time),” the defendant said. (Yonhap)Last November, the female employee made her alleg

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[Newsmaker] No mole found on Gov. Lee’s body: doctors

Gov. Lee Jae-myung bares body to investigators to refute actress’s claims

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Man caught after spreading nude photos of himself taken at women’s university

A man, who took indecent photos at a university campus and uploaded them on Twitter was caught Monday, police said. Police have requested an arrest warrant for him.The 28-year-old man is accused of spreading pornographic images and trespassing upon school property. He allegedly entered Dongduk Women’s University campus and took photos of himself naked in empty classrooms and hallways on Oct. 6, and spread the photos on Twitter. (Yonhap)After the photos circulated on Twitter and anonymous commun

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Disabled athlete found burning in open field: police

Police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old disabled person who was found engulfed in flames Monday in an open field in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. According to authorities, a passerby called dispatch around 7:30 p.m. Monday to report a “person on fire” near an open field in Heungduk-gu, northwestern Cheongju. (Yonhap)Police and fire investigators said the subject was declared dead at the scene. The victim was identified as a 24-year-old athlete with an intellectual disability

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Korea announces end to MERS outbreak

South Korea on Tuesday officially declared an end to the country's first Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in three years, health authorities here said.The announcement made at midnight is in line with guidelines set by the World Health Organization that requires no new infections for a minimum of 28 days, which is twice the length of the virus' incubation period, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.On Sept. 8, a single person was diagnosed with MERS after returning

Oct 16, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Day care usage way below government 40% target: data

　The proportion of children using national and public kindergartens and child care centers is expected to remain far short of 40 percent, the government's target, official data showed. 　President Moon Jae-in earlier set a goal to expand government support for parents with young children, vowing to more than triple the proportion of infants and toddlers looked after by publicly run centers within his term in office.　As part of the effort, the government increased the number of centers by 373 in 2

Oct 15, 2018
Social affairs
Family of three found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning at campsite

A family of three was found dead at a campsite in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Sunday night. (Yonhap)According to local authorities, the bodies of an 84-year-old man and his two sons, both in their 50s, were discovered inside a parked caravan. All the doors and windows were shut tight and byproducts from burned coal were found in the kitchen sink.The authorities said the three had died of carbon monoxide poisoning, and that they were investigating to determine whether it was an accident

Oct 16, 2018
Social affairs
New labor minister burdened with challenges

Lee Jae-gap, the newly appointed Minister of Employment and Labor, is taking on the new role as things are especially getting rough in the South Korean labor market. 　The country’s unemployment rate reached its highest level since 1999 last month, while the government allowance for jobless hit a record high. 　Prior to Lee’s appointment last month, the Moon Jae-in administration had been criticized by some for its purportedly pro-labor policies, including the latest minimum wage hike and reductio

Oct 15, 2018
Social affairs
Police record largest-ever bust of drugs smuggled into Korea

South Korean police said Monday they have busted the largest-ever operation to smuggle drugs into the country, a scheme they say involves Taiwanese and Japanese organized crime rings and Korean dealers. Six people were arrested in the attempted trafficking of 112 kilograms of methamphetamine, an amount that is enough to be used simultaneously by 3.7 million people, according to police. It is estimated to be worth 370 billion won ($326.56 million). Among those arrested were a 25-year-old Taiwanes

Oct 15, 2018
Social affairs
Policeman fired for uploading obscene picture online

A South Korean police officer in his 30s has been fired for uploading obscene contents on his blog. (Yonhap)Incheon District Police Station said Monday that the 33-year-old officer has been dismissed on disciplinary grounds for the violation. The policeman was arrested in June after an online user discovered his blog post that included two pictures of his genitals and a review of an illegal massage shop. The user reported him to the state petitions agency. The owner of the illegal massage shop f

Oct 16, 2018
Social affairs

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